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was thinking that ben ghazi was more like paris than baghdad. had we treated ben ghazi as a fortress in the middle of a military base, i think we might have had a better chance. nobody can predict exactly, you know, what could happen with different outcomes, but i think when we have a civil war raging, we have to consider whether or not one of the errors in decision was how we chose to protect or not protect the consulate. where is this still important? i think it's still important because i'm concerned another attack could happen like this in other countries that are under state department control. i know you're probably well aware of sort of the situation on the ground in libya, but i don't know that it's perfectly stable. i'm concerned whether or not we could have another attack of this magnitude in tripoli at the embassy. we no longer have any consulate in ben ghazi, correct? >> we didn't have one then, senator. that is not a consulate. >> okay. we had some kind of -- it was -- >> not a consulate. >> okay. anyway, my concern is whether or no
was thinking that ben ghazi was more like paris than baghdad. had we treated ben ghazi as a fortress in the middle of a military base, i think we might have had a better chance. nobody can predict exactly, you know, what could happen with different outcomes, but i think when we have a civil war raging, we have to consider whether or not one of the errors in decision was how we chose to protect or not protect the consulate. where is this still important? i think it's still important because i'm...
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had we flown planes over and ghazi? maybe if those lives could have been saved, we don't know, but we do know that if president trump hadn't been at the capital, that would have been easier to prevent them benghazi was. host: let's hear from ben in baltimore city, maryland. caller: i just don't see how anyone could oppose this. the reason i supported is there's just a lot of questions that need to be answered and i think it needs to be done under subpoena power. the sad part of all of this is that i think bipartisanship and a middle ground is a dinosaur right now. host: what do you think, what do you think this commission will accomplish if it goes forward? caller: some answers to some questions that linger out there about this being something that was preplanned or impromptu for a combination of both. someone behind the scenes, players, if in fact there are any. those are the kinds of questions i would hope that the commission would be able to get to the bottom of. host: politico reporting that while house gop leadersh
had we flown planes over and ghazi? maybe if those lives could have been saved, we don't know, but we do know that if president trump hadn't been at the capital, that would have been easier to prevent them benghazi was. host: let's hear from ben in baltimore city, maryland. caller: i just don't see how anyone could oppose this. the reason i supported is there's just a lot of questions that need to be answered and i think it needs to be done under subpoena power. the sad part of all of this is...
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ghazi, after the investigation, why was there no rescue? there was -- there have been committee hearings that of looked at this. know the answer to the question and many people at home trying to sort this out, i hear all of this back-and-forth -- why didn't that happen? why wasn't the u.s. military able to rescue them? is what we should start the department of defense did. as secretary panetta has a knowledge, they reacted to the president's order to make sure that all available dod assets in the region were available and could be used to response to the attack in libya and protect u.s. interests and personal in the region. what that meant was that the u.s. military did succeed in executing the safe evacuation of all of the u.s. government personnel from ben ghazi 12 hours after the initial attack. they moved the number of personnel to the ram stein air force base to protect u.s. personnel. that is consistent with the conclusions of the accountability review board that basically found the result was exceptional u.s. government coordination
ghazi, after the investigation, why was there no rescue? there was -- there have been committee hearings that of looked at this. know the answer to the question and many people at home trying to sort this out, i hear all of this back-and-forth -- why didn't that happen? why wasn't the u.s. military able to rescue them? is what we should start the department of defense did. as secretary panetta has a knowledge, they reacted to the president's order to make sure that all available dod assets in...
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that same day, state official in abya said in ghazi was well-planned attack. he could not have a starker contrast they had met those two statements and i think it is important to remember, do not get the context. be theas supposed to crowning jewel of the clinton state department foreign policy and the obama foreign-policy. this was their example of how it works. no boots on the ground fault -- no boots on the ground. most the dictator. in fact, one of the things we discussed, an e-mail talking about leadership, stewardship, ownership from start to finish, this was something hillary clinton pushed for and got done. maybe the better one is the e-mail from sidney blumenthal. a few days after qaddafi had been removed t sent an e-mail to the secretary and said, this is a big moment. you should do a press event even if it is in the driveway of your own home. he finished with this, this is a big moment. you are vindicated. do not wait. help clear out now. cleo, of course, is the goddess of history. to this.ere committed invested in this. this was it. this is how it
that same day, state official in abya said in ghazi was well-planned attack. he could not have a starker contrast they had met those two statements and i think it is important to remember, do not get the context. be theas supposed to crowning jewel of the clinton state department foreign policy and the obama foreign-policy. this was their example of how it works. no boots on the ground fault -- no boots on the ground. most the dictator. in fact, one of the things we discussed, an e-mail talking...
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was thinking that ben ghazi was more like paris than baghdad. had we treated ben ghazi as a fortress in the middle of a military base, i think we might have had a better chance. nobody can predict exactly, you know, what could happen with different outcomes, but i think when we have a civil war raging, we have to consider whether or not one of the errors in decision was how we chose to protect or not protect the consulate. where is this still important? i think it's still important because i'm concerned another attack could happen like this in other countries that are under state department control. i know you're probably well aware of sort of the situation on the ground in libya, but i don't know that it's perfectly stable. i'm concerned whether or not we could have another attack of this magnitude in tripoli at the embassy. we no longer have any consulate in ben ghazi, correct? >> we didn't have one then, senator. that is not a consulate. >> okay. we had some kind of -- it was -- >> not a consulate. >> okay. anyway, my concern is whether or no
was thinking that ben ghazi was more like paris than baghdad. had we treated ben ghazi as a fortress in the middle of a military base, i think we might have had a better chance. nobody can predict exactly, you know, what could happen with different outcomes, but i think when we have a civil war raging, we have to consider whether or not one of the errors in decision was how we chose to protect or not protect the consulate. where is this still important? i think it's still important because i'm...
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lessons learned and make ghazi can be applied elsewhere. there is the national institutional level of civil society. it is going to be requiring more on the regional level that what is happening right now. there is no national coordination mechanism. if it is happening right now, it is happening through personal connections. i would also say that a key observation is frustration for grassroots shouldn't -- organizations that do not have english and their ability to provide proposals and make pitches to international communities. inhave to get more creative how we work around the language barrier issue. it is easier to go to this one if language is a barrier. engageg out how to everyone if we are building the institution, not building those easiest to access. orher geographically language. to move forward with a few recommendations that outline the organizational development side of things, we are at a point where training and workshops need to be applied. there needs to be a technical reach back that i was alluding to earlier. i can speak s
lessons learned and make ghazi can be applied elsewhere. there is the national institutional level of civil society. it is going to be requiring more on the regional level that what is happening right now. there is no national coordination mechanism. if it is happening right now, it is happening through personal connections. i would also say that a key observation is frustration for grassroots shouldn't -- organizations that do not have english and their ability to provide proposals and make...
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consulate in and ghazi. later, former u.s. foreign service officer even sure and will talk about the benghazi attack. he is the author of "exit the kernel hole in the secret history of the libyan revolution -- "exit the host: a busy day with lawmakers dealing with many high profile issues but the house of representatives will see a moment of silence for oklahoma, where a tornado killed at least four. aesident obama has signed disaster declaration and he will address the nation at 10:00 a.m.. the national weather service classified yesterday's tornado as an ef4, the second
consulate in and ghazi. later, former u.s. foreign service officer even sure and will talk about the benghazi attack. he is the author of "exit the kernel hole in the secret history of the libyan revolution -- "exit the host: a busy day with lawmakers dealing with many high profile issues but the house of representatives will see a moment of silence for oklahoma, where a tornado killed at least four. aesident obama has signed disaster declaration and he will address the nation at...
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john to talk about how the situation is like and unlike ben ghazi? guest: right, so the idea of a yemen being the new ben ghazi is more of a reference to this information war that the state department finds itself in again. with the events that happened and then ghazi, the state department has been trying to make its case that mistakes were made but the amount of conspiracies and allegations called to stand down and anything that makes it seem like the u.s. did not do everything it could to look after the ambassador who tragically died in ben ghazi. the night of the attacks. the state department has been involved in an information war over all of the actions, especially surrounding diplomatic security. this is another diplomatic security many fiasco at the state department -- that the state department had to deal with last week. fox news was raising allegations that there was malfeasance. they said that they simply had the faxed wrong. -- facts wrong. the report really took off and the state department found itself a little bit flat-footed in trying
john to talk about how the situation is like and unlike ben ghazi? guest: right, so the idea of a yemen being the new ben ghazi is more of a reference to this information war that the state department finds itself in again. with the events that happened and then ghazi, the state department has been trying to make its case that mistakes were made but the amount of conspiracies and allegations called to stand down and anything that makes it seem like the u.s. did not do everything it could to...
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caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american families money in their health- care premiums. i am just as much concerned about ben ghazi has anyone else, but i will tell you that i am not a privilege to the top secret and confidential information that our nation's leaders and military are. i will not sit here and try to be an armchair quarterback in this instance. i trust in the leadership of our president and i think the majority of americans also trust in the leadership of our american -- of our president. he does not take pack seat -- back seat when it comes to foreign
caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american...
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[applause] >> panel looks at the ben ghazi consulate attack. this is just just under one hour. >> when bill clinton was president of the united states, there were so many people that said the president was lying. it was only about sex. everybody lies about that. how many times have you had anything that involves federal spending or campaign finance and you get a straight answer. what is the minimum cost to be in the organizing for america meetings with president obama. is there a discount available? politicians are expected not to be truthful when it comes to money. i believe why ben ghazi has struck chord with people across the country is because the concern is that the president and his people were lying about matters of life and death. that is in a different category from anything else the shame is not only the president but it is with the media itself and what they did and they failed to do to follow up with it. our panel will explore -- i do not think we are able to give you a formal report of what happened. if you have read through the fi
[applause] >> panel looks at the ben ghazi consulate attack. this is just just under one hour. >> when bill clinton was president of the united states, there were so many people that said the president was lying. it was only about sex. everybody lies about that. how many times have you had anything that involves federal spending or campaign finance and you get a straight answer. what is the minimum cost to be in the organizing for america meetings with president obama. is there a...
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the sentiment and ghazi. -- the men went there. they knew there in four, he won the small footprint, that is why he didn't travel with extra details the soldiers to protect them once a story came out, because the words changed from person-to-person, they think it is a scandal. the scandal is hundreds and thousands of children being killed, and they won't even do a background check on it. -- these arens phony charges. is a revolutionary family. it comes from good stock. the very first newspaper in the united states of america, 1778, eight there is my first and last name. that was my grandfather's grandfather. colonel webb fought with george washington. john, can you bring us to conclusion? the lies that both sides are doing. i'm not just picking on republicans, i'm going overboard on this. the point.ight, got congress is not doing anything, really. you understand? republicans have to have good comments. i'm a democrat, but i'm not caught up in party, i am into doing what is right. i fought for this country. you have to look at who's
the sentiment and ghazi. -- the men went there. they knew there in four, he won the small footprint, that is why he didn't travel with extra details the soldiers to protect them once a story came out, because the words changed from person-to-person, they think it is a scandal. the scandal is hundreds and thousands of children being killed, and they won't even do a background check on it. -- these arens phony charges. is a revolutionary family. it comes from good stock. the very first newspaper...
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ghazi, i will the walk out -- benghazi, i will walk out. [cheering] >> those the same plane that brought down from aaa. this was one of the planes glenn did not make it back on. secured, it became secured, they had just met that day. i don't think it is a coincidence. ushaven't overwater with that night. we got everybody loaded up, headed to tripoli and then we had to turn our task. we stayed behind because they cannot hold everybody. again, the gaddafi moralist -- loyal as moshe stepped up -- militia stepped up. there are termed the ambassador's body. ambassador with the 's body. he was wearing the same close -- clothes at the morning we saw him. clothesearing the same .the only difference on his feetck soot and minerals and ears, -- fingernails and ears, no sign of torture or mutilation. obviously that he died of smoke and elation. -- inhalation. at that point, we still do not know how we were going to get out of there. of minutes go by, i seek 1:30 running down the runway, comes a little closer and is a u-turn, pulls off to a hangar area
ghazi, i will the walk out -- benghazi, i will walk out. [cheering] >> those the same plane that brought down from aaa. this was one of the planes glenn did not make it back on. secured, it became secured, they had just met that day. i don't think it is a coincidence. ushaven't overwater with that night. we got everybody loaded up, headed to tripoli and then we had to turn our task. we stayed behind because they cannot hold everybody. again, the gaddafi moralist -- loyal as moshe stepped...
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it is worth noting, having been unfortunately i was one who suffered through serving on the and ghazi committee -- benghazi committee, can you imagine if president obama had announced we were going to be unilaterally withdrawing from syria and days later a terrorist attack happened? can you imagine how the republicans would have reacted? i am not the irresponsible or partisan. i do not draw that connection. i do think the president's decisions, doing so much of what he does by tweet on the spur of the moment, does undermine our ability to have the allies we need. isis has no doubt been trying to hit us. anyone who drew a connection between those two, we would be making it up. it does underline a very important point that when the president said isis is defeated so we can leave, he was clearly wrong. isis have been greatly diminished by a plan president obama put in place and the president trump carried out, to his credit, to really produce isis' power and influence. they have not been defeated. they do not hold territory at the moment. there is still a large number of isis fighters in
it is worth noting, having been unfortunately i was one who suffered through serving on the and ghazi committee -- benghazi committee, can you imagine if president obama had announced we were going to be unilaterally withdrawing from syria and days later a terrorist attack happened? can you imagine how the republicans would have reacted? i am not the irresponsible or partisan. i do not draw that connection. i do think the president's decisions, doing so much of what he does by tweet on the spur...
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itthen god is he is baloney. -- ben ghazi is baloney. you are just disgusting. host: hold on, we invite guest to come to the table and it's easy for you out there because no one knows who you are and our guest is sitting here for you to attack. m we cannot have that. they are gracious enough to give us their time so let's be civil and have a constructive conversation. i want to be brief, my investigation of ben ghazi and it almost two years ago. the committee was selected and has been working on it. during my time, what i discovered quickly was that the actual failure to protect our wente, many of the abuses to undersecretary kennedy and i call for his firing. , think he is in fact no longer in 46 years of public service, he is well past retirement age. it appeared as if he was consistently at these failures. i never said because he is at the tip of these bad decisions that hillary clinton is responsible. i followed where it went decisions before, during but kennedy- undersecretary come i mention him because i think he should have been gone quickly. he made mist
itthen god is he is baloney. -- ben ghazi is baloney. you are just disgusting. host: hold on, we invite guest to come to the table and it's easy for you out there because no one knows who you are and our guest is sitting here for you to attack. m we cannot have that. they are gracious enough to give us their time so let's be civil and have a constructive conversation. i want to be brief, my investigation of ben ghazi and it almost two years ago. the committee was selected and has been working...
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but we learned some very hard and painful lessons in eleven ghazi. we were -- benghazi. we are already or acting on them, we have to do better. we owe it to our colleagues who host their lives in benghazi, we owe it to the security professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousands of our colleagues serving america with great dedication every day in diplomatic posts around the world. we will never prevent every act of terrorism or achieve perfect security, but we will never stop working to get better and safer. as secretary clinton has said, the united states will keep leading and keep engaging around the world include anything those hard race places where america's interests and values are at stake. thank you very much. >> secretary nyes. >> mr. chairman, senator lugar, members of the committee, i also want to thank you for this opportunity. i want to reiterate what bill has said. all of us have a responsibility to provide the men and women who serve this country with the best possible security and
but we learned some very hard and painful lessons in eleven ghazi. we were -- benghazi. we are already or acting on them, we have to do better. we owe it to our colleagues who host their lives in benghazi, we owe it to the security professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousands of our colleagues serving america with great dedication every day in diplomatic posts around the world. we will never prevent every act of...
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the first five hours of testimony from former secretary of state hillary clinton before the house ben ghazi committee this past week. we now show you the rest of that hearing. this final portion is just over three and a half hours. >> committee will come to order. thank you, madam secretary, again, we apologize for that. with that we'll go to the gentle lady from alabama. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary clinton, i want to talk to you about august 17th, 2012. on that day you received two memos about libya and its security. the first one described a deteriorating security situation and what it meant for your people on the ground. the second one also described libya's security as in simple terms a mess. so, this memo wanted you to approve $20 million to be given to the libyan government to bolster its own -- >> could you tell me what tab that is on the materials that you have reference to. >> yes, ma'am. the first one is i believe -- is it 33 and -- 33 and 34. >> thank you. >> i apologize. so, you received those two memos. the second one also described libya's security in simple terms as
the first five hours of testimony from former secretary of state hillary clinton before the house ben ghazi committee this past week. we now show you the rest of that hearing. this final portion is just over three and a half hours. >> committee will come to order. thank you, madam secretary, again, we apologize for that. with that we'll go to the gentle lady from alabama. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary clinton, i want to talk to you about august 17th, 2012. on that day you...
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chris stevens loves the people of libya and in particular, he loved the people in that ghazi. and the heroism that he showed as the envoy before he was ambassador is a level of valor and heroism and commitment to this country where if you don't read the report for any other reason, read it for what he endured during 2011. andot there on september 10 started meeting with intelligence officials about the state of security in libya. and he began to postpone subsequent readings because of what he was hearing. he knew it wasn't great. he had no idea how bad it was. the nextan to postpone meeting is ready, and here is our ambassador saying, i am not through getting my debriefing. and then he moves the off-campus meetings on campus. and then you see his diary entry. you see it on september the 11th. read his diary entry. read e-mailed that he sent to the british diplomats. on we know exactly what was his mind. anghazi had deteriorated in way he didn't expect and security was on his mind. wanted the appearance of the united states presence there was not solidified -- wanted to stay al
chris stevens loves the people of libya and in particular, he loved the people in that ghazi. and the heroism that he showed as the envoy before he was ambassador is a level of valor and heroism and commitment to this country where if you don't read the report for any other reason, read it for what he endured during 2011. andot there on september 10 started meeting with intelligence officials about the state of security in libya. and he began to postpone subsequent readings because of what he...
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i fully believe that in thing ghazi -- benghazi a politician was involved, i will not name any names, but someone was involved in the decision. there was a lot of discussion going on that night. there is some debate whether they have gotten from italy. they were still soldiers in tripoli. i know a lot of of you are from military families. if you have ever known someone involved, marines, army, or otherwise, they rescue their dead, their wounded. there were still people alive and fighting for hours upon hours, and there were some people in tripoli who could have gone. i don't think that decision was made by a military person. i think it was made ultimately by a politician, and i think we need to know that. so i think everybody needs to be interviewed. they need to come in, and the question needs to be asked, who was it that made the decision not to send soldiers from tripoli to reinforce those under attack in benghazi? to my mind, we should never have a commander-in-chief who is unwilling to send in troops for reinforcement or in the six- month time, did not send accurate -- adequate s
i fully believe that in thing ghazi -- benghazi a politician was involved, i will not name any names, but someone was involved in the decision. there was a lot of discussion going on that night. there is some debate whether they have gotten from italy. they were still soldiers in tripoli. i know a lot of of you are from military families. if you have ever known someone involved, marines, army, or otherwise, they rescue their dead, their wounded. there were still people alive and fighting for...
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investigative reporter who has been covering this story about and ghazi -- benghazi. 11 2012,ay, september walk us through what happened. guest: it started out fairly normally. they are ahead something like six hours in libya. word came down that we were under attack. at one of our compounds in benghazi. there were two deaths almost immediately. two more deaths maybe six hours later. this unfolded overnight u.s. time guest. back thene were told is completely different from what we know now based on documents and witnesses and evidence. we were led to believe this was a spontaneous unpredictable attack that came out of the blue and nobody knew it was coming and it was prompted by an anti-muslim youtube video. that's what we were told at the time. host: walk us through the days of this attack and the day after. what did the administration officials know? know only from documents and testimony and so on that the state department, the obama administration, the people on the ground, the people have said they all knew immediately us was a preplanned terrorist attack. there was no doubt in anybod
investigative reporter who has been covering this story about and ghazi -- benghazi. 11 2012,ay, september walk us through what happened. guest: it started out fairly normally. they are ahead something like six hours in libya. word came down that we were under attack. at one of our compounds in benghazi. there were two deaths almost immediately. two more deaths maybe six hours later. this unfolded overnight u.s. time guest. back thene were told is completely different from what we know now...
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for 5 to they trust him with the ben ghazi committee. he is a prosecutor who has the ability to not mess up. has the ability to navigate the trenches of national politics, of national press. asgowdy is someone seen capable by his colleagues. he is one who can step up into that role. y, ambitious, a lawyer, running a committee, he himself says he was to focus on the committee. he also releases -- realizes that stepping into that role brings on a lot of obstacles. that push for something new, chaffetz is pushing up -- picking up on the gowdy movement. does the opportunity because he, as much as anyone, knows there is this lingering frustration in the house gop about everything. and i think it comes back to president obama remains president. there's is not much house republicans can do about that. 7:55 on the east, that meets many lawmakers are probably in the basement. guest: 8:00 is the meeting. they are walking down. the basement of the capitol. i always think like the basement of a navy ship. there are pipes on the walls. strange yellow
for 5 to they trust him with the ben ghazi committee. he is a prosecutor who has the ability to not mess up. has the ability to navigate the trenches of national politics, of national press. asgowdy is someone seen capable by his colleagues. he is one who can step up into that role. y, ambitious, a lawyer, running a committee, he himself says he was to focus on the committee. he also releases -- realizes that stepping into that role brings on a lot of obstacles. that push for something new,...
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caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american families money in their health- care premiums. i am just as much concerned about ben ghazi has anyone else, but i will tell you that i am not a privilege to the top secret and confidential information that our nation's leaders and military are. i will not sit here and try to be an armchair quarterback in this instance. i trust in the leadership of our president and i think the majority of americans also trust in the leadership of our american -- of our president. he does not take pack seat -- back seat when it comes to foreign
caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american...
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had men on the roof at the nx trying to protect their lives and the lives of other americans in that ghazi. -- americans in benghazi. so what we have done with the new fax we have discovered is allow people to take those new facts with the old facts that came out, and some of those old facts have been reevaluated and determined that they were not actually good. so we have corroborated some of those different things in his report. to take this new information that we have got and be able to put it together. and if our fellow citizens will read this, they will come up with their own opinion of what happened. because there is enough new evidence that i think people will be able to put together for themselves exactly what led up to this attack, what went on during the attack and then post attack, when there was so much misinformation that was being repeated by this administration. so with that, i turn it back to the chairman. >> before the attack ended, no military assets were headed towards benghazi. but what did start was the political spin. with tyrone woods still on the roof of the annex,
had men on the roof at the nx trying to protect their lives and the lives of other americans in that ghazi. -- americans in benghazi. so what we have done with the new fax we have discovered is allow people to take those new facts with the old facts that came out, and some of those old facts have been reevaluated and determined that they were not actually good. so we have corroborated some of those different things in his report. to take this new information that we have got and be able to put...
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the truth about his nasty neighbor, the truth will be the failure of the obama administration him and ghazi. >> you have got some big testicles to pull this off, broke. bro. >> your reaction? >> it -- one thing it had that web the the -- let videos do not -- web videos do not often have is humor. a lot of people up try that. we have tried that at politico. the comedy world has seen this, as well. people think with youtube, you can post a video of yourself and people will think you are a committee and -- comedian. there have not been a lot of daily show type political humor or parity. occasionally, you see it. it comes down to the whole idea of, when you give everybody a camera, not everybody is camera quality. not -- that tillman is good in front of the camera, but in terms of the next generation of john stewart's, sometimes, the barrier to entry can be a good thing. >> what do you say to the old- timers who say, this is really bad for this country, all of this stuff yet the video and nonjournalists getting into it? >> there is a case for that. a lot of people are given a public forum who a
the truth about his nasty neighbor, the truth will be the failure of the obama administration him and ghazi. >> you have got some big testicles to pull this off, broke. bro. >> your reaction? >> it -- one thing it had that web the the -- let videos do not -- web videos do not often have is humor. a lot of people up try that. we have tried that at politico. the comedy world has seen this, as well. people think with youtube, you can post a video of yourself and people will think...
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the comparison to and ghazi, is that something that democratic leaders want to do? how is the white house been reacting to that comparison? guest: anytime american servicemen die in battle, particularly in a battle that the storycted because 48 hoursohnson spent missing before they could locate bunch of there are a questions here that are worth asking. and i think both republicans and democrats will ask those questions. remember benghazi -- that became toopportunity for congress create a separate stand-alone committee that spent $7 million do the seven or eight investigation. i would be shocked to say the same thing but i would not be shocked to see the armed services committee do same investigation on this. there are good, reasonable questions to ask from a technical and military standpoint of what took place there. most americans didn't realize we had forces in niger. host: how is the white house responded to that specific comparison? guest: swatting it away. the white house will never say is as seriousthis as people think it is. even though american service peopl
the comparison to and ghazi, is that something that democratic leaders want to do? how is the white house been reacting to that comparison? guest: anytime american servicemen die in battle, particularly in a battle that the storycted because 48 hoursohnson spent missing before they could locate bunch of there are a questions here that are worth asking. and i think both republicans and democrats will ask those questions. remember benghazi -- that became toopportunity for congress create a...
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mike huckabee accuse her of ignoring the calls from dying americans inman ghazi. in then ghazi. nghazi.e lindsey graham tweeted, where the hell were you on the night of the ben ghazi attacks. everyone on this panel knows these accusations are baseless. from our own investigation and all those reports. yet, republican members of this committee remained silent. on monday, the democrats issued a report showing that none of the 54 witnesses the committee interviewed substantiated these wild republican claims. secretary clinton did not order the military to stand down and she neither approved nor denied requests for additional security. i asked that our report included in the official record. >> without objection. >> what is so telling is that we issued virtually the same report a year ago. the same report. when we first joined the select committee asked my staff to put together a complete report and database setting forth questions that have been asked about the attacks and all of the answers that were provided in the eight previous investigations. i asked that this report be includ
mike huckabee accuse her of ignoring the calls from dying americans inman ghazi. in then ghazi. nghazi.e lindsey graham tweeted, where the hell were you on the night of the ben ghazi attacks. everyone on this panel knows these accusations are baseless. from our own investigation and all those reports. yet, republican members of this committee remained silent. on monday, the democrats issued a report showing that none of the 54 witnesses the committee interviewed substantiated these wild...
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into ben ghazi, the time for action is now. in terms of reconstruction, humanitarian aid, the secretary will be leading a cross government troops -- group to make sure that we are doing everything we can to get humanitarian aid to a report of the country and plan for the future. >> gaddafi, knew he was about to be indicted for war crimes for sierra leone. he well understands the reach of international criminal law. will he make -- will my hon. friend make it clear that it is not just gaddafi that stands at risk of being indicted by the icc where all those around him responsible for war crimes? >> an extremely good point. the we are making sure that gaddafi and his committee colleagues know they are in danger of going in front of the icc, but also the regime is in danger. and added to that, anyone who thinks he is a mercenary, organizing and mercenaries -- or organizing mercenaries faces the same. >> i supported the freedom struggle of the libyan people and i support the u.n., but i have reservations about using western powers i
into ben ghazi, the time for action is now. in terms of reconstruction, humanitarian aid, the secretary will be leading a cross government troops -- group to make sure that we are doing everything we can to get humanitarian aid to a report of the country and plan for the future. >> gaddafi, knew he was about to be indicted for war crimes for sierra leone. he well understands the reach of international criminal law. will he make -- will my hon. friend make it clear that it is not just...
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september 4, ambassador stevens warned that libyans have introduced an alert in the ghazi. on september 9, ambassador stevens requested additional security two days before the attack happened. i knew him quite well. i have a great deal of respect for him. in light of these findings, these are facts that no one has argued. to either of you what to say that you agree with the statements that i have read in the report? >> senator, the statement in the report says that there were no specific tactical threat is a statement i believe to be a statement of fact. you are right to point out the pattern of deteriorating security on each of the incidents you discussed. amongst that deterioration are part of that deterioration was a byan violence.i we did not do a good enough job of connecting the dots of the troubling pattern. >> mr. secretary nides, you agree with the statement he made? for the record, if you could respond i would appreciate it. >> yes, sir, i do. >> the most significant question is not in the report and i would like to get a response to. were the comments of ambassad
september 4, ambassador stevens warned that libyans have introduced an alert in the ghazi. on september 9, ambassador stevens requested additional security two days before the attack happened. i knew him quite well. i have a great deal of respect for him. in light of these findings, these are facts that no one has argued. to either of you what to say that you agree with the statements that i have read in the report? >> senator, the statement in the report says that there were no specific...
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about an hour and 20 minutes after the first attack on ben ghazi, secretary pineda, you, and chairman dempsey were at the white house for a prescheduled meeting on a different topic at that time. i think that is when tom donnellan came in and informed all of you and the president about what happened. is that the right timeframe? >> i think we have regular meetings with the president. this is one of our weekly meetings with the president. i should tell you that just before i went into that meeting, i got an update that there had been the attack there. something i introduced to the president. >> let me do this in the interest of time. i want to make two definitions here. one would be the definition, i call it the compound. some call it the temporary mission facility. it does not matter what you call it. that is what would be comparable to an embassy, but it was a compound. the other is on the annex. that was an hour later, a mile away. those two things, we want to clarify. i think both of you would agree those are two perhaps separate attacks that took place. the other definition i woul
about an hour and 20 minutes after the first attack on ben ghazi, secretary pineda, you, and chairman dempsey were at the white house for a prescheduled meeting on a different topic at that time. i think that is when tom donnellan came in and informed all of you and the president about what happened. is that the right timeframe? >> i think we have regular meetings with the president. this is one of our weekly meetings with the president. i should tell you that just before i went into that...
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views -- than ghazi needs to be put -- than ghazi needs to be put into perspective. benghazi needs to be put into perspective. instead of looking into the so-called talking points of what happened. the opposing view this morning is written by the congressman will be heading up that select committee. he says it needs deeper security. these are the questions he asked. why the security -- why was security inadequate and why were calls unheeded and explicitly rejected? was the military response sufficient? with the obama administration transparent and forth right with our fellow americans in impetusng the behind the attack? hillary clinton talk to abc news about this. >> absolutely. ofcourse, there are a lot reasons why, despite all of the hearings and information that has been provided, some choose not to be satisfied and choose to continue to move forward. that is their choice. i do not believe there is any reason for it to continue in this way. they get to call the shots in the congress. asked by robin roberts of abc if she was satisfied that all questions had been an
views -- than ghazi needs to be put -- than ghazi needs to be put into perspective. benghazi needs to be put into perspective. instead of looking into the so-called talking points of what happened. the opposing view this morning is written by the congressman will be heading up that select committee. he says it needs deeper security. these are the questions he asked. why the security -- why was security inadequate and why were calls unheeded and explicitly rejected? was the military response...
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. >> as the house and ghazi committee continues its work, there is another investigation regarding the abortion practices of planned parenthood after an investigation panel was created by a nearly partyline vote, house speaker john boehner named eight republicans to serve on the panel. marsha blackburn will act as chair. housed yet as to whether democrats will participate but a decision is expected soon according to a democratic a. -- democratic aide. capital billn's producer. i usually cover the house and senate, what legislation is going on, and other key events on capitol hill. we as a network emitted to covering the hearings gavel-to-gavel. it was a very high profile hearing. we've covered all of the hearings on benghazi. at seven :00 in the morning. the crews were set up and had put cameras in before and got in their places very early in the morning for our morning show, washington journal, so they could show what was going on in the hearing room. i was tweeting things happening inside the room and showing what the camera crew was doing, how they committee was setting up. made sur
. >> as the house and ghazi committee continues its work, there is another investigation regarding the abortion practices of planned parenthood after an investigation panel was created by a nearly partyline vote, house speaker john boehner named eight republicans to serve on the panel. marsha blackburn will act as chair. housed yet as to whether democrats will participate but a decision is expected soon according to a democratic a. -- democratic aide. capital billn's producer. i usually...
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holding the current administration accountable, do you think we should pursue incidents such as ping ghazi -- what do youazi -- think the final outcome should be? opinion, andis my this is an opinion that needs to be supported by interviewing those involved, it is my opinion that i cannot believe that a military commander did not send reinforcements. i fully believe that in thing a politicianhazi was involved, i will not name any names, but someone was involved in the decision. there was a lot of discussion going on that night. there is some debate whether they have gotten from italy. they were still soldiers in tripoli. i know a lot of of you are from military families. if you have ever known someone involved, marines, army, or otherwise, they rescue their dad, their wounded. there were still people alive and fighting for hours upon hours, and there were some people in tripoli who could have gone. i don't think that decision was made by a military person. i think it was made ultimately by a politician, and i think we need to know that. so i think everybody needs to be interviewed. they ne
holding the current administration accountable, do you think we should pursue incidents such as ping ghazi -- what do youazi -- think the final outcome should be? opinion, andis my this is an opinion that needs to be supported by interviewing those involved, it is my opinion that i cannot believe that a military commander did not send reinforcements. i fully believe that in thing a politicianhazi was involved, i will not name any names, but someone was involved in the decision. there was a lot...
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to squawk about the ghazi, which is a tragedy and it happened -- look at the history. the ignorance of the history of america is unbelievable. the republicans were in charge. from the second you take the oath of office your number one job is to protect the people of the united states of america. you allow the largest attack on american soil in my lifetime. i am 50 four years old. you have got some nerve to squawk about an ghazi, which was a tragedy. >> i will leave it there, jim. steve, independent caller. >> thank you. i had to sigh when i heard the congressman talking about food having notn contributed really anything to the culture, the arts, and by i am hearing something there, not sure what it was. at any rate, not contributing to arts and entertainment. the united states, what have we been doing? promoting and exporting sonography and ghoulish of violence, demeaning our young people, demeaning families and women, promoting utter decadence in the name of women's rights. what have we been doing? silesia my risk, whatever her name is. guest: miley cyrus. caller: wha
to squawk about the ghazi, which is a tragedy and it happened -- look at the history. the ignorance of the history of america is unbelievable. the republicans were in charge. from the second you take the oath of office your number one job is to protect the people of the united states of america. you allow the largest attack on american soil in my lifetime. i am 50 four years old. you have got some nerve to squawk about an ghazi, which was a tragedy. >> i will leave it there, jim. steve,...
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most recently, investigative any nominations that were awarded for reporting on tarp, and ghazi, green energy spending, fast and furious and a undercover investigation into republican. fundraising the job of getting at the truth has never been more difficult. the facets of government have isolated themselves from the public they serve. they covet and withhold public information that we, as citizens own. they bully in front journalists who do their jobs, those who publish stories they don't like, or whistleblowers who dare to tell the truth. when i reported on factual contradictions regarding fast and furious, push back included a frenzied campaign with white house officials trying to children reporting by calling and e-mailing my superiors using surrogate bloggers to advance false claims. one white house official got so mad he angrily cussed me out. the justice department used its authority over a security to handpicked reporters allowed to attend the fast and furious breathing, refusing to clear me into the public justice department building. advocates had to file a lawsuit to obtain
most recently, investigative any nominations that were awarded for reporting on tarp, and ghazi, green energy spending, fast and furious and a undercover investigation into republican. fundraising the job of getting at the truth has never been more difficult. the facets of government have isolated themselves from the public they serve. they covet and withhold public information that we, as citizens own. they bully in front journalists who do their jobs, those who publish stories they don't...
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had stories on both sides and that is helpful, but i think the recent writings and comments about and ghazi illustrated benghazi- about illustrate a problem. benghazi was heavily adjudicated by house republicans and an extensive report came out which more or less exonerated the obama administration. i think it speaks to the fact that these sorts of witnesses and folks that you were havealing in your writings not represented the general truths about that matter and i think it intensifies why some like me on the democratic side are skeptical of some of your work. guest: thank you. i have an entirely different interpretation of the report, as do the republican -- host: which report are we talking about? guest: house report on benghazi -- he is talking about the intelligence committee report that came out recently, which the lead republican acknowledged is not any sort of exoneration or final word, that they look at a very tiny slice of the benghazi affair, confirming much of which i and others have reported, that there were some warning signs from all of not a specific time and date, but they
had stories on both sides and that is helpful, but i think the recent writings and comments about and ghazi illustrated benghazi- about illustrate a problem. benghazi was heavily adjudicated by house republicans and an extensive report came out which more or less exonerated the obama administration. i think it speaks to the fact that these sorts of witnesses and folks that you were havealing in your writings not represented the general truths about that matter and i think it intensifies why...
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in ghazi was about opportunity. we defied standdown orders. opportunity squandered when hillary failed to protect her people on the ground. night, done her job that had she done her job that night -- we would not have had to compromise the index. glenn, shonn, inda buster stevens would be alive today. glenn, sean, and ambassador stevens would be alive today. opportunity to elect someone who will make america safe again. we have to elect someone who will have our backs. someone who will bring our guys home and will not leave anyone behind. [cheers and applause] we have to elect someone who will lead with strength and integrity and i believe that person is donald trump. [cheers and applause] >> we did our part. now do yours. >> now it is time for you to do yours. >> god bless you and thank you all. >> thank you, america. applause] >> tens of thousands crossing the border. instances of gang members do we know of that have crossed the border? t-rex 68,000 illegal immigrants convicted of a crime were released in the united states instead of being d
in ghazi was about opportunity. we defied standdown orders. opportunity squandered when hillary failed to protect her people on the ground. night, done her job that had she done her job that night -- we would not have had to compromise the index. glenn, shonn, inda buster stevens would be alive today. glenn, sean, and ambassador stevens would be alive today. opportunity to elect someone who will make america safe again. we have to elect someone who will have our backs. someone who will bring...
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john martinek was a mountain of moral support, particularly to the guys in thing ghazi. on the phone talking through the whole ordeal. david mcfarland on the phone constantly all the time talking to his contacts in thing ghazi urging them to help. lieutenant colonel phillips and others -- mountains of strength. i am still in awe of them. they asked me in one of the phone calls when we going to move to the annex. i said we will move at dawn. because none of our people have great experience driving the armored suburbans we would use. our local staff drove for us as part of our security procedures. they of course were not there that night. and we would have to go through checkpoints on the way to the annex to get there. i did not want our people to be going through the checkpoints because i did not know what to expect from the militias. we moved at dawn and we arrived at the annex at about 4:45, 5:00 a.m. a few minutes later came the word of the loiter attack. if i could return to benghazi little bit -- i am sorry if i bounced back and forth -- the tripoli team basically ha
john martinek was a mountain of moral support, particularly to the guys in thing ghazi. on the phone talking through the whole ordeal. david mcfarland on the phone constantly all the time talking to his contacts in thing ghazi urging them to help. lieutenant colonel phillips and others -- mountains of strength. i am still in awe of them. they asked me in one of the phone calls when we going to move to the annex. i said we will move at dawn. because none of our people have great experience...
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it was also about what we were going to do with our personnel in thing ghazi. i told her we would need to evacuate -- our personnel and benghazi. i told her we would need to evacuate. she said that was the right thing to do. at about 3:00 a.m., i received a call from the prime minister of libya. i think it was the saddest phone call i've ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. i immediately called washington afterwards. and began accelerating our efforts to withdraw from the compound and moved to the annex. our team responded with amazing discipline and courage in tripoli organizing withdrawal. i have vivid memories of that. i think the most telling was of our communications staff dismantling our communications equipment to take with us to the annex and destroy in classified communications capability. our office manager, amber pickens, was everywhere that night throwing herself into some task that had to be done. first she was taking a log of what we were doing then she was voting magazines, carrying our ammunition supply to the
it was also about what we were going to do with our personnel in thing ghazi. i told her we would need to evacuate -- our personnel and benghazi. i told her we would need to evacuate. she said that was the right thing to do. at about 3:00 a.m., i received a call from the prime minister of libya. i think it was the saddest phone call i've ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. i immediately called washington afterwards. and began accelerating our efforts to...
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anler: i'm calling about ghazi. i hope i can get everything across i want to say. all, i believe right after it happened or while it was happening, the president, the secretary of defense, and heller clinton, were all in the situation room touching it happen live. even the president came forward and said it was an attack. a terrorist attack. now, common sense tells me within 24 hours, i knew it. they were using weapons that had to be high-grade military weapons. let me tell you something, the two men that were killed -- there were mortar shells being fired and they had rifles with infrared and they lit up the target. nobody lights up a target unless they were called or notified in some way that a couple of fighters were on their way and it would've taken them out. because they know the enemy follows the site right back to them. host: you're referring to tyrone woods and glenn darty who were intop of the nx -- annex benghazi and they were trying to respond. caller: they saved 20 or 30 innocent people. they went back and forth. that went on for seven or eight hours.
anler: i'm calling about ghazi. i hope i can get everything across i want to say. all, i believe right after it happened or while it was happening, the president, the secretary of defense, and heller clinton, were all in the situation room touching it happen live. even the president came forward and said it was an attack. a terrorist attack. now, common sense tells me within 24 hours, i knew it. they were using weapons that had to be high-grade military weapons. let me tell you something, the...
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i did not like the mother of that then ghazi victim -- of victim blaming hillary for the death of her son. i thought that was in poor taste. what i didn't like about the democratic convention, i didn't like the democrats bringing out the victim from trump university and having her blame trump. was just negative and overblown. the trump university is being litigated in the court. host: were the best parts of the convention -- i thought her presentation, i cut -- i could republicanthat at a convention or democratic convention. convention,cratic so many highlights. it was an outstanding presentation. can i say one more thing. i spent the week of the writingan convention through southwestern colorado, utah, and mexico. hold out parts of the country. i definitely felt the voters and the people and parts of the country like that, americans donald trump is talking to them, those americans. i really hold hope that hillary and tim kaine can talk to those americans as well. thinking about wisconsin, ohio, indiana, and michigan. if those republicans can hear what hillary and tim kaine are talkin
i did not like the mother of that then ghazi victim -- of victim blaming hillary for the death of her son. i thought that was in poor taste. what i didn't like about the democratic convention, i didn't like the democrats bringing out the victim from trump university and having her blame trump. was just negative and overblown. the trump university is being litigated in the court. host: were the best parts of the convention -- i thought her presentation, i cut -- i could republicanthat at a...
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i fully believe that in thing ghazi -- benghazi a politician was involved, i will not name any names, but someone was involved in the decision. there was a lot of discussion going on that night. there is some debate whether they have gotten from italy. they were still soldiers in tripoli. i know a lot of of you are from military families. if you have ever known someone involved, marines, army, or otherwise, they rescue their dad, their wounded. there were still people alive and fighting for hours upon hours, and there were some people in tripoli who could have gone. i don't think that decision was made by a military person. i think it was made ultimately by a politician, and i think we need to know that. so i think everybody needs to be interviewed. they need to come in, and the question needs to be asked, who was it that made the decision not to send soldiers from tripoli to reinforce those under attack in benghazi? to my mind, we should never have a commander-in-chief who is unwilling to send in troops for reinforcement or in the six- month time, did not send adequate security when
i fully believe that in thing ghazi -- benghazi a politician was involved, i will not name any names, but someone was involved in the decision. there was a lot of discussion going on that night. there is some debate whether they have gotten from italy. they were still soldiers in tripoli. i know a lot of of you are from military families. if you have ever known someone involved, marines, army, or otherwise, they rescue their dad, their wounded. there were still people alive and fighting for...
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-- you sit here and talk about in ghazi, which was a horrible tragedy. but what happened to the others? back to benghazi, we need a select committee. the family members would like to see a select committee. many of the people involved on the ground would like to see the opportunity for them to come and testify. you put together a select committee in a bipartisan way, making sure that there are people from both political parties, each one can call their witnesses to find out what happened. i do not think we should be afraid of the truth. we should try to find out what happened so we can, one, make sure it never happens again. we will do everything we can to make sure never happens again. secondly, make sure sure the american people know what happened. host: an e-mail from one of our viewers -- why ambassador stevens was there on that day. it says, let's be honest, no one was ordered to go to benghazi on that specific day, and he went by his choosing. guest: that is accurate, he did. athink that is why we need select committee to hold the hearings and ask
-- you sit here and talk about in ghazi, which was a horrible tragedy. but what happened to the others? back to benghazi, we need a select committee. the family members would like to see a select committee. many of the people involved on the ground would like to see the opportunity for them to come and testify. you put together a select committee in a bipartisan way, making sure that there are people from both political parties, each one can call their witnesses to find out what happened. i do...
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lessons learned and make ghazi can be applied elsewhere. there is the national institutional level of civil society. it is going to be requiring more on the regional level that is what is happening right now. there is no national coordination mechanism. if it is happening right now, it is happening through personal connections. i would also say that a key observation is frustration for grassroots shouldn't -- organizations that do not have english and their ability to provide proposals and make pitches to international communities. we have to get more creative in how we work around the language barrier issue. it is easier to go to this one if language is a barrier. figuring out how to engage everyone if we are building the institution, not building those easiest to access. either geographically or language. to move forward with a few recommendations that outline the organizational development side of things, we are at a point where training and workshops need to be applied. there needs to be a technical reach back that i was alluding to ear
lessons learned and make ghazi can be applied elsewhere. there is the national institutional level of civil society. it is going to be requiring more on the regional level that is what is happening right now. there is no national coordination mechanism. if it is happening right now, it is happening through personal connections. i would also say that a key observation is frustration for grassroots shouldn't -- organizations that do not have english and their ability to provide proposals and make...
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clinton, how concerned are you about the continuing investigation into her e-mail and the continuing and ghazi investigation capitol hill? on benghazi, i am on the foreign relations committee and i sat through multiple hearings on benghazi. i think she answered those questions and persuaded americans that this has in a witchhunt that has been all about politics. on her e-mails, she has it knowledged she wished she had made a better choice, but as bernie sanders said, i think the public is sick of hearing about the e-mails. i think they want to hear about, what are all the candidates going to do to address very real challenges we face. we make sure that families have good opportunities for themselves and their kids, that we have good jobs so people can make sure they have a life where they can support their cap -- their families and put their kids through college without incurring all kinds of debt. how do we make sure women get equal pay for all the work we do, that people can count on retirement benefits. that is what people want to hear about. host: until we hear definitively from the f he i
clinton, how concerned are you about the continuing investigation into her e-mail and the continuing and ghazi investigation capitol hill? on benghazi, i am on the foreign relations committee and i sat through multiple hearings on benghazi. i think she answered those questions and persuaded americans that this has in a witchhunt that has been all about politics. on her e-mails, she has it knowledged she wished she had made a better choice, but as bernie sanders said, i think the public is sick...
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we haven't been spending most of our time talking about in ghazi. we are talking about the bigger issues. and i might use a slightly different language to describe what has happened over the last 12 or 14 years but i would agree with you that the policies have not worked. but that doesn't mean that we can't develop a different set of policies to defeat the threat of radical jihadists. we just have to recognize it for what it is and develop a set of consistent policies. host: tom in fort wayne, indiana. an independent. caller: first of all, i don't know why we keep developing more weapons. we have a jet we can't fly. people can fly it that fast. all, most of the people out there are supposed to be our allies. they have the biggest armies so why do we need this huge army. i think we could get away with a smaller one if we stopped doing stuff going into a regime change every year like we know everything. when we use our military appropriately and effectively, it is one of the most important tools that we have for diplomacy. it helps keep america safe a
we haven't been spending most of our time talking about in ghazi. we are talking about the bigger issues. and i might use a slightly different language to describe what has happened over the last 12 or 14 years but i would agree with you that the policies have not worked. but that doesn't mean that we can't develop a different set of policies to defeat the threat of radical jihadists. we just have to recognize it for what it is and develop a set of consistent policies. host: tom in fort wayne,...
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as far as the and ghazi issue. benghazi issue. , it was 13 hours that they went on tackling without any kind of air support after calling for help, there have been a lot of different findings. the committee is obviously looking into this. one thing i have gathered from republican sources is that they -- feel,even though even though they couldn't have saved the people who died in the early part, there could have been a difference in the end. host: do you think all the publicity this movie is getting cause someone to come out and make a statement about the movie? or to talk more about the investigation? a republican from alabama on the committee, i talked to him before he left and he was saying that he isn't going to see it. he doesn't want it to impede his investigation. joke about how his wife has a bunch of hallmark movies that he has to watch first. so i don't think they will see it. but several democrats tomie they will go watch it. -- democrats told me they will go watch it. it will put more pressure on the inv
as far as the and ghazi issue. benghazi issue. , it was 13 hours that they went on tackling without any kind of air support after calling for help, there have been a lot of different findings. the committee is obviously looking into this. one thing i have gathered from republican sources is that they -- feel,even though even though they couldn't have saved the people who died in the early part, there could have been a difference in the end. host: do you think all the publicity this movie is...
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dutch: the sad thing about thing ghazi. if there was proper instruction in the safe room, we wouldn't have had it because they did what they were supposed to do and took the ambassador into the safe room and smelled smoke and they had to get out. if they had done the job that we they did in pakistan, we moved all of our people into a safe room, it was safe. ellen: your experience in this investigation raises a bigger issue regarding how to conduct these really sensitive, politically sensitive investigations, and at the same time make sure that doesn't suck all the oxygen out of the committee to conduct the regular everyday intelligence oversight work. this is one of the issues i am concerned about in the current environment. i think the senate side, they are wrapping up their work, but there was no separate joint midi of congress that was created. there was no commission that was created. the senate intelligence committee for the investigation they have been conducting, they have been using their own death area they really
dutch: the sad thing about thing ghazi. if there was proper instruction in the safe room, we wouldn't have had it because they did what they were supposed to do and took the ambassador into the safe room and smelled smoke and they had to get out. if they had done the job that we they did in pakistan, we moved all of our people into a safe room, it was safe. ellen: your experience in this investigation raises a bigger issue regarding how to conduct these really sensitive, politically sensitive...
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one caller mentioned been ghazi or whatever, uranium one is giant, a giant thing to take a look at. how do we keep avoiding the stuff? host: do you feel a get was investigated properly when investigated back before the 2016 election? well, jim comey drafting -- it is a letter associated. let's balance it. very peripheral collateral damage to people in the camp when we have solid evidence so the hillary thing, everything is so imbalanced that people are getting upset about it. mentioning uranium one, looking back on what we know and don't know, one of the questions they asked is is there any truth to the allegations when it comes to the uranium one issue. put a fact laid out in great detail -- poland the fact -- po litifact laid out in great -- clinton insisted such approval is granted at lower levels of the department and would not have crossed the secretary's desk. -- host: phone lines are open for your responses. karen on the line for democrats. there is so much i could say. there should not be the investigation of hillary clinton because it is a case of misinformation. for people
one caller mentioned been ghazi or whatever, uranium one is giant, a giant thing to take a look at. how do we keep avoiding the stuff? host: do you feel a get was investigated properly when investigated back before the 2016 election? well, jim comey drafting -- it is a letter associated. let's balance it. very peripheral collateral damage to people in the camp when we have solid evidence so the hillary thing, everything is so imbalanced that people are getting upset about it. mentioning uranium...
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had we flown planes over and ghazi? maybe if those lives could have been saved, we don't know, but we do know that if president trump hadn't been at the capital, that would have been easier to prevent them benghazi was. host: let's hear from ben in baltimore city, maryland. caller: i just don't see how anyone could oppose this. the reason i supported is there's just a lot of questions that need to be answered and i think it needs to be done under subpoena power. the sad part of all of this is that i think bipartisanship and a middle ground is a dinosaur right now. host: what do you think, what do you think this commission will accomplish if it goes forward? caller: some answers to some questions that linger out there about this being something that was preplanned or impromptu for a combination of both. someone behind the scenes, players, if in fact there are any. those are the kinds of questions i would hope that the commission would be able to get to the bottom of. host: politico reporting that while house gop leadersh
had we flown planes over and ghazi? maybe if those lives could have been saved, we don't know, but we do know that if president trump hadn't been at the capital, that would have been easier to prevent them benghazi was. host: let's hear from ben in baltimore city, maryland. caller: i just don't see how anyone could oppose this. the reason i supported is there's just a lot of questions that need to be answered and i think it needs to be done under subpoena power. the sad part of all of this is...